Event Primer - UFC Fight Night 38

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Prelims (Fight Pass)

Light Heavyweight - Francimar "Bodao" Barroso vs Hans Stringer

• Barroso's Style - Striking
• Stringer's Style - Blackzilianing
• Prediction - Barroso by TKO

Featherweight - Godofredo Pepey vs Noad "Neo" Lahat

• Pepey's Style - BJJ
• Lahat's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Pepey by submission
• Thoughts - Lahat's most recent win is against Shad Smith, which just makes me sad.

Prelims (Fox Sports 1)

Welterweight - Thiago "Bodao" Perpetuo vs Kenny Robertson

• Perpetuo's Style - Striking
• Robertson's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Perpetuo by KO

Flyweight - Jussier "Formiga" da Silva vs Scott "Young Guns" Jorgensen

• Da Silva's Style - BJJ
• Jorgensen's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Jorgensen by decision
• Thoughts - This fight should be super rad, but I don't know why it's so low on the prelims.

Middleweight - Ronny Markes vs Thiago "Marreta" Santos

• Markes' Style - BJJ
• Santos' Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Markes by TKO

Featherweight - Diego "DB" Brandao vs Will "The Kill" Chope

• Brandao's Style - Muay thai, BJJ
• Chope's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Brandao by KO
• Thoughts - Sean Shelby can be so cruel sometimes.

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Featherweight - Rony Jason vs "Super" Steven Siler

• Jason's Style - Grappling
• Siler's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Jason by decision

Lightweight - Michel "Tractor" Prazeres vs Mairbek "Beckan" Taisumov

• Prazeres' Style - Grappling
• Taisumov's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Taisumov by TKO

Light Heavyweight - Fabio Maldonado vs Gian Villante

• Maldonado's Style - Boxing
• Villante's Style - Football
• Prediction - Maldonado by TKO

Lightweight - "Stormin'" Norman Parke vs Leonardo Santos

• Parke's Style - Grappling
• Santos' Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Santos by decision

Middleweight - Cezar "Mutante" Ferreira vs Clarence "C.B." Byron "The Doberman" Dolloway

• Ferreira's Style - Striking
• Dolloway's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Ferreira by TKO
• Thoughts - Dolloway has a terrible face. I hope it gets punched a bunch!

Light Heavyweight - Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs Dan "Hendo" Henderson

• Rua's Style - Muay thai, BJJ
• Henderson's Style - Big Right Handerson, wrestling
• Prediction - Henderson by KO
• Thoughts - I know this fight won't live up to how great the first was, but I hope it is at least half as rad.

Event primer - UFC Fight Night 33

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Prelims (Facebook, YouTube)

Welterweight - Ben "Manimal" Wall vs Alex "The Dominican Nightmare" Garcia

• Wall's Style - Grappling
• Garcia's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Garcia by submission

Prelims (Fox Sports 2)

Middleweight - Bruno "Carioca" Santos vs Krzysztof Jotko

• Santos' Style - Grappling
• Jotko's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Santos by decision

Flyweight - Richie "Vas" Vaculik vs Justin "Tank" Scoggins

• Vaculik's Style - Grappling
• Scoggins' Style - Kickboxing
• Prediction - Scoggins by KO

Middleweight - Nick "The Promise" Ring vs Caio Magalhaes

• Ring's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
• Magalhaes' Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Ring by decision

Bantamweight - Takeya Mizugaki vs Nam Phan

• Mizugaki's Style - Grappling
• Phan's Style - Boxing, BJJ
• Prediction - Mizugaki by decision

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Women's Bantamweight - Julie "Fireball" Kedzie vs  Bethe Correia

• Kedzie's Style - Kickboxing
• Correia's Style -
• Prediction - Kedzie by TKO

Middleweight - Dylan "The Villain" Andrews vs Clint Hester

• Andrews' Style - Boxing, wrestling
• Hester's Style - Boxing
• Prediction - Hester by TKO

Heavyweight - Pat "Hype or Die" Barry vs Soa "The Hulk" Palelei

• Barry's Style - Kickboxing, throwin thunda
• Palelei's Style - Kickboxing, BJJ
• Prediction - Barry by KO
• Thoughts - Barry is smart AND athletic

Light Heavyweight - Ryan "Darth" Bader vs Anthony "The Hippo" Perosh

• Bader's Style - Wrestling, boxing
• Perosh's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Perosh by submission

Light Heavyweight - Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs James Te Huna

• Rua's Style - Muay thai, BJJ, airplane arms
• Te Huna's Style - Boxing
• Prediction - Rua by TKO

Heavyweight - Mark "Super Samoan" Hunt vs Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva

• Hunt's Style - Kickboxing
• Silva's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Hunt by KO
• Thoughts - The man with the biggest punches against the dude with the biggest head. This seems like cruel and very unusual punishment for Silva.

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Preliminary Card (Facebook)

Lightweight - "Stripper" Ramsey Nijem vs James "The Texecutioner" Vick

• Nijem's Style - Wrestling
• Vick's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Vick by submission

Light Heavyweight - Cody "Donnybrook" Donovan vs Ovince "OSP" St. Preux

• Donovan's Style - BJJ
• St. Preux's Style - Boxing, wrestling, football
• Prediction - St. Preux by KO

Featherweight - Manvel "The Anvil" Gamburyan vs Cole "Magrinho" Miller

• Gamburyan's Style - Judo
• Miller's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Miller by decision

Preliminary Card (Fox Sports 1)

Featherweight - Diego "Cerea" Brandao vs Daniel "The Pit" Pineda

• Brandao's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
• Pineda's Style - Muay Thai, wrestling
• Prediction - Brandao by KO

Featherweight - Mike Brown vs "Super" Steven Siler

• Brown's Style - BJJ
• Siler's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Siler by decision

Featherweight - "Notorious" Conor McGregor vs Max "Blessed" Holloway

• McGregor's Style - Boxing
• Holloway's Style - Striking
• Prediction - McGregor by KO

Bantamweight - Brad "One Punch" Pickett vs Michael "May Day" McDonald

• Pickett's Style - Boxing
• McDonald's Style - Kickboxing, Yah Mo BJJ There
• Prediction - McDonald by submission

Main Card (Fox Sports 1)

Lightweight - Joe "J-Lau" Lauzon vs Michael "the Menace" Johnson

• Lauzon's Style - BJJ
• Alternate Lauzon Nickname - "Creepy" Joe Lauzon
• Johnson's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Lauzon by submission

Middleweight - Uriah "Prime Time" Hall vs John "Doomsday" Howard

• Hall's Style - Striking, apologies
• Howard's Style - Striking
• Prediction - Hall by KO

Welterweight - Matt "The Immortal" Brown vs Mike "Quicksand" Pyle

• Brown's Style - Striking, grappling, scrapping, returning from death
• Pyle's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Brown by TKO
• Thoughts - Argh, I don't want either of these cool dudes to lose. Dang you, Joe Silva!

Bantamweight - Urijah "The California Kid" Faber vs Yuri Alcantara

• Faber's Style - Wrestling, Brozilian jiu-jitsu
• Alcantara's Style - BJJ
• Prediction - Faber by submission (BROLLOTINE CHOKE)
• Thoughts - I say, I sure wish I knew how to Dougie. What's that, Team Alpha Male? You can teach me? Wow, you are the best shirtless dude-bros around!

Heavyweight - Alistair "The Reem" Overeem vs Travis "Hapa" Browne

• Overeem's Style - Muay Thai
• Browne's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
• Prediction - Overeem by KO

Light Heavyweight - Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs Chael Sonnen

• Rua's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
• Sonnen's Style - Wrestling
• Prediction - Sonnen by decision
• Thoughts - I am really enjoying Chael's The Genius/Lanny Poffo poetry schtick.

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Preliminary Card - Facebook

Bantamweight - Scott "Young Guns" Jorgensen vs John "Prince" Albert

• Jorgensen's Style - Wrestling
• Mean-spirited Jorgensen Nickname - Scotty "Spotty" Jorgensen
• Albert's Style - Freestyle
• Prediction - Jorgensen wins by wrestling-centric decision
• Thoughts - Jorgensen is cool and does good fights, I hope he wins!

Preliminary Card - FX

 Featherweight - Dennis "The Menace" Siver vs Nam Phan

• Siver's Style - Kickboxing
• Phan's Style - BJJ, Karate
• Prediction - Phan wins a decision
• Thoughts - Battel of spinning back kicks and body/liver shots. Guts are going to get ruined in this one!

Lightweight - Tim "The Dirty Bird" Means vs Abel "Killa" Trujillo

• Means's Style - Striking
• Trujillo's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Tim Means war and gets a knockout victory.
• Thoughts - Ugh, Trujillo has a dumb fence tattoo, boo to that.

Lightweight - Daron "Detroit Superstar" Cruickshank vs Henry "Sicario" Martinez

• Cruickshank's Style - Wrestling
• Alternate Cruickshank Nickname - Daron "Hermione Granger's Cat" Cruickshank
• Martinez's Style - Grappling
• Prediction - Cruickshank with a knockout

 Lightweight - Ramsey Nijem vs Joe Proctor

• Nijem's Style - Wrestling
• Proctor's Style - Grappling
• Alternate Proctor Nicknames - Joe "Doctor" Proctor, Joe "Proctorologist" Proctor
• Prediction - Proctor is going to submit Ramsey

Bantamweight - Rafael Assuncao vs Mike "The Hulk" Easton

• Assuncao's Style - BJJ, Muay Thai
• Easton's Style - BJJ, Tae Kwon Do
• Prediction - Easton by decision
• Thoughts - EASTON DOES NOT PLAY!

Lightweight - Yves "Thugjitsu Master" Edwards vs Jeremy "Lil' Heathen" Stephens

• Edwards's Style - Thugjitsu
• Stephens's Style - Boxing, BJJ
• Prediction - Edwards by submission
• Thoughts - Yves is like the coolest dude ever.  Win, Yves, win!

 Main Card - Fox

Welterweight - Mike "Quick" Swick vs Matt "The Immortal" Brown

• Swick's Style - Kickboxing
• Brown's Style - Judo, BJJ
• Prediction - Mike Swick will continue to be back and submit Brown with a Swickotine.
• Thoughts - This fight should be way good.

Welterweight - B.J. "The Prodigy" Penn vs Rory "Ares" MacDonald

• Penn's Style - BJJ, boxing
• Penn's Full Name - Jay Dee "Baby Jay" Penn
• MacDonald's Style - Impeccable.  Also, suplexing dudes.
• MacDonald's Previous Nickname - Rory "The Waterboy" MacDonald
• Prediction - BJ by TKO, followed by another instance of licking his opponent's blood off his gloves (Gross, BJ, gross)
• Thoughts - BJ Penn is in the greatest YouTube videos ever.  Whether he's jumping out of pools, eating food, or answering questions from Mickey's, he's amazing.

Light Heavyweight - Mauricio "Shogun" Rua vs Alexander "The Mauler" Gustafsson

• Rua's Style - Muay Thai, BJJ
• Gustafsson's Style - Boxing
• Prediction - Gustafsson will is taller, blonder, and more Swedishy, so that spells TKO victory.
• Thoughts - Gustafsson has the best doggie, oh my gosh!

Main Event

Lightweight Title - Benson "Smooth" Henderson vs. Nate Diaz

• Henderson's Style - Grappling, Tae Kwon Do
• Alternate Henderson Nicknames - "Robert Guillaume" Benson Henderson, Benson "Bendo" Henderson, Benson "And Hedges" Henderson
• Diaz's Style - CESAR GRACIE JIU JITSU (WHAT?!), Boxing
• Prediciton - My heart wants a draw, my head sees Benson winning via wrestling-heavy decision, but Nate boxing Henderson up for a TKO or (impossible as it sounds), catching Bendo in a submission could happen.  Too close to call, guh!
• Thoughts -THIS FIGHT IS GONNA RULE, I DON'T WANT EITHER DUDE TO LOSE, THOUGH!

UFC 151 Breakdown - Hey, wha' happened?

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In old news, a fight is not happening due to injury, a theoretical fight is not happening due to one fighter not agreeing to it, and the MMA community lost its collective mind.  It basically shakes out like this:

Just the Facts, Ma'am

Dan Henderson suffered a slight tear in his MCL about three weeks ago.  Dan, being a stubborn, tough, old man, wanted to try and push through the injury and fight Jon Jones at UFC 151 on 9/1.  After a final evaluation around 8/23, it was determined that Henderson would be unable to fight due to stability issues.  He could handle the pain, but his knee just couldn't properly support him, and Dan needs a stable base to unload a Big Right Hand and push off for a diving forearm, both seen below.

Get more information on this debacle after the jump!

This Week in Dumb MMA Stuff

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Fights – Bellator 73 was on Friday, and there were some interesting fights with good finishes (And a fight or two in non-Bellator promotions that weren’t bad, either).

Cosmo Alexandre defeated Harry Johnson (Seriously, dude’s parents?) with a knee to the body in the second round.  This fight is notable because Alexandre dropped Johnson with a punch to the body in the first that the referee thought was a low blow, giving Johnson a momentary reprieve.  Alexandre’s knee in the second was also initially thought to be low, but replay showed it hit Johnson in the guts.  As he moaned to death, Johnson was unable to continue, leading to the stoppage victory for Alexandre. 

Check out more fights and some news after the jump

UFC on Fox 4 Primer

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From time to time, I’ll try to provide a quick rundown and primer on upcoming MMA events.  Basically let you know who these jerks are, what they do, if there’s anything particularly hilarious that’s happened to them in a fight.

This Saturday, the UFC is back on Fox for a night of free fights with an interesting stipulation for the two co-main events.  Whoever wins in the more impressive fashion will be the next number one contender to the Light Heavyweight title, taking on the winner of Jon Jones and Dan Henderson (Please, please, please win Dan!).

UNDER CARD

"Useless" Ulysses Gomez vs. John Moraga

• Gomez's Style - Brazilian jiu-jitsu
• Moraga's Style - Wrestling
• What will probably happen?  I have no idea!  I don't know either fighter, but I've heard of Gomez, so I'll say he gets the win by submission.

Manvel "Anvil" Gamburyan vs. Michihiro Omigawa

• Gamburyan's Style - Judo
• Omigawa's Style - Judo
• What will happen?  I'm going to guess/hope Omigawa takes it, mainly because I once read a description of him as being a cross between Manny Pacquiao and a Carebear.

Phil De Fries vs. Oli Thompson

• De Fries' Style - Brazilian jiu-jitsu
• Thompson's Style - World's Strongest Man
• What will happen?  De Fries will submit Thompson in a display of laughable English offensive wrestling against nonexistent English defensive wrestling.

Josh "Fluke" Grispi vs. Rani Yahya

• Grispi's Style - Submissions
• Yahya's Style - Brazilian jiu-jitsu
• What should happen?  Yahya will submit Grispi

Phil "Mr. Wonderful" Davis vs. Wagner "Caldeirao" Prado

• Davis' Style - Wrestling
• Prado's Style - Muay Thai kickboxing
• What should happen?  Davis will submit Prado, hopefully with another Mr. Wonderful

Cole "Magrinho" Miller vs. Nam Phan

• Miller's Style - Brazilian jiu-jitsu
• Phan's Style - Boxing
• What should happen?  Miller with a submission victory.

Check out the main card breakdown with much more thought and effort put into it after the jump!